أَلَم تَرَني نادَيتُ سَلماً وَدونَهُ

أَلَم تَرَني نادَيتُ سَلماً وَدونَهُ

مِنَ الأَرضِ ما يُنضي البِغالَ النَواجِيا

مِنَ الأَرضِ ما يُنضي البِغالَ النَواجِيا

Did you not see me call to Salm, though between us lay

Did you not see me call out to Salma, though below her

a stretch of land that wears out swift-running mules?

Was land enough to tire the camels of caravans?

فَقُلتُ لَهُ هَب لي اِبنَ أُمّي فَلا أَرى

فَقُلتُ لَهُ هَب لي اِبنَ أُمّي فَلا أَرى

عَلى الدَهرِ يا سَلمَ المَكارِمِ باقِيا

عَلى الدَهرِ يا سَلمَ المَكارِمِ باقِيا

So I said to him, 'Give me my mother's son, for I see none

I said to her, "Grant me, daughter of my mother, your son -

remaining forever, O Salm of noble deeds.'

I see no nobler traits enduring in this world."

فَقالَ نَعَم خُذهُ فَما أَقبَلَت بِهِ

فَقالَ نَعَم خُذهُ فَما أَقبَلَت بِهِ

يَمينِيَ حَتّى أَصرَخَتها شِمالِيا

يَمينِيَ حَتّى أَصرَخَتها شِمالِيا

He said, 'Yes, take him'; no sooner had he been brought by

She said, "Yes, take him." But my right hand did not accept him

my right hand than my left came to its aid.

Until my left hand cried out for him.